(November 5, 2014 at 3:57 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Sure, no right is absolute, including free speech, but there are other ways to combat extremism besides allowing the government the power to regulate speech. It's easy to simply ban unpopular speech, but education that creates a public awareness that counters that speech would get the same results without putting limits on our own freedom.I have not advocated giving the government the power to regulate speech. I have stated that inciting others to violent behavior is already a crime.
BTW, wouldn't some people call it brainwashing if the government sponsored education programs to direct our opinions in channels it approved? That sounds like more of a threat to freedom than arresting people for inciting violence and then giving them the full protection of due process.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House
